Receptacle and combination tray and cover



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RECEPTACLE AND COMBINATION'TRAY AND COVER Filed Jun 2s, 1932 'BY MW M, ',1 ATTO EY5.

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2 claims. (ci. ss-59) This invention relates a combination tray and cover for a receptacle and the receptacle.

The chief object of this invention is to provide a receptacle suitable for use in a mechanical red frigerator to keep vegetables and the like in crisp condition, and this requires a cover construction.

. Another object of the invention is toprovide a tray suitable for the supportingv of ice cubes manufactured by such mechanical refrigerator lo andthe storage of said cubes in said tray.

Furthermore, such a tray\is arranged when positioned beneath the so-called freezing unit of the mechanical refrigerator to catch the drip- .pings therefrom and sheet ice that isremoved in' lll the defrosting of said freezing unit.

The chief feature of the accomplishment of the foregoing objects by the provision of a combination tray and cover slidably supported upon a receptacle suitable for The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawing and the following description and claims:

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of showing the invention applied thereto. y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the receptacle and combination cover and tray mounted thereon.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, tions being brokenaway, reservoir. Fig. i is a view similar to Fig. 3 of the combination tray and cover. 85 Fig. 5 is an enlarged form of the invention.

" In the drawing, l indicates the body or casing so the intermediate porelevation of a modied of a mechanical refrigerator, 12 the door thereof. and 13 the so-called freezing unit.` Positionedl 4o at a considerable distance beneath the freezing unit is a shelf 14 and beneath the same may be positioned other shelves similarly indicated. As .shown clearly in Fig. 1, the freezing unit may-be a relatively low unit 45 thereby providing two with a minimuml of height. The upper shelf 14 is positioned beneath the unit a sufficient distance so that the receptacle indicated generally by the numeral 16, may be positioned therebe- 0 neath and superimposed immediately beneath the freezingunit 15 is the combination defrosting tray and cover for the receptacle, herein indicated by the numeral 17.

The arrangement as shownsee Fig. 1+-per-' mits the storage o! relatively large size bottles,

vthe full length of the bottom,

the invention consists in` of the receptacle or' and of considerable wldth,' freezing compartments 15 such as quart milk bottles 18 bottles 19, adjacent the unit and receptacle and cover.

and long neck quart the combination Thus, the inventionis peculiarly applicable or adaptable for use in a socalled small capacity As'shown clearly in Figs. l to mechanical refrigerator.

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receptacle or reservoir preferably is of considerable d pt h and includes slightly sloping sides 2o and a bottom 21. formed longitudinal ribs being substantially similar to sued as Patent No. The purpose, as set forth therein, circulation of air about the ribs.

The receptacle also is provided Upon the bottom 22 which do not this construction that disclosed in the co-pending application Serial No. 543,642 is- 1,915,647 dated June 2 7, 1933.

21 are extend is to permit the 7 the ,bottom and around with a projecting portion or handle 23 andan outwardly dared lip or rim 24. To lation through grooves 2 5 or the equivalent sides 20. Normally, however,

reservoir and, therefore, this culation may not be necessary and said figures,

positively insure slight circuthe contents in the reservoir, are formed in the the cover provided for the reservoir will not completely seal the grooving for air cirgenera11y is cover is shown clear- 30 indicates the side walls of the combination tray and cover and 31 the bottom.

The side walls are slighthr flared and herein the cover is shown of a slightly greaterv width than the width of the reservoir. The cover is provided with a top rim or flange 32.

cover have de- The two opposite sides 30 of the pending anges or ridges the reservoir on the reservoir.

33. AThese ridges serve --to prevent lateral displacement of the cover upon and insure longitudinal sliding slid and tray, similar to the reservoir, is provided with a handle 34. Likewise, the upper bottom of said cover is provided with corrugationsthose shown in the patent but which preferably 3o which may be similar to before mentioned are' similar to those shown in the plication entitled Glass defrosting tray for mefiled June Patent No.

chanical refrigerator, No. 616,630, issued as surface of the co-p'ending ap- 11, 1932, Serial 1,915,849.

The reason for this election and preferred form is for the same reason that locking of the ice the freezing unit The corrugated bottom or the as that specified in the llast co-pending application referred to, to wit, so sheet when it drops from upon defrosting will not occur.

tray also keeps los ice cubes, above the level of the water that gradually melts from said cubes, such melting taking place upon long standing.

.In Fig. 5 is illustrated a modied form of the invention. In this ligure, like or similar parts bear similar numerals of the one hundred series.

The chief distinction herein is that the front and `back of the receptacle or reservoir unit is of less height than the two side walls. and terminates at 125, providing two opposite grooves or passages for air circulation.

While the invention has been described in great detail herein and various modications have been suggested, such detailed description is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character and such modicatiofns illustrated and mentioned as well as those which will readily suggest themselves to individuals skilled in this art, all are considered to be within the purview of this invention, reference being had to the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:-

1. The combinationof a glass receptacle and a slidable unitary glass tray and cover therefor, said receptacle having upwardly and outwardly ared sides and an outwardly directed rim interrupted for ventilation, said cover having a base portion of an outline corresponding to the rim and as long as the receptacle and slightly 1,949,453 the ice cubes, when used as a storage tray for wider than the same, said cover having a handle portion, the tray-chamber being materially wider than the receptacle chamber, and means depending from the bottom of the tray as continuations of the Iside Wall only for straddling the rim of the receptacle at opposite sides, said rim being suitably relieved to permit restricted ventilation 'of the receptacle chamber, and said tray being slidably` removable longitudinally from the receptacle.

2. The combination of a glass receptacle and a slidable unitary glass tray and cover therefor,

said receptacle having upwardly and outwardly flared sides and an outwardly directed rim interrupted for ventilation and having an enlargement at one end serving as a handle portion, said cover having a base portion of an outline corresponding to the' rim and as long as the receptacle and slightly wider than the same, said cover having a handle portion'at the corresponding end, the tray chamber being materially wider than the receptacle chamber, and means depending from the bottom of the tray as continuations of the side wall only for straddling the rim of the receptacle at opposite sides, said rim being suitably relieved to permit restricted ventilation of the receptacle chamber, and said tray being slidably removable longitudinally from the receptacle.

ALVIE C. CRIMMEL. HENRY H. @RIMMEL 

